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' F. H. MARSHALL RAIL TRUCK 4 Filed Sept. 13. 1920 www@ 2 Sheets-Sheet 2l IIIII Patented Mar. 11, 1924.

PFENT @FFQE FRANK H. MARSHALL, OF KILBOURN, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO PATRICK H. MAIDDEN, OF SPARTA, WISCONSIN.

RAIL TRUCK.

Application filed September 13, 1920. Serial No. 410,049.

Rail Trucks, of which the following is ay full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to rail trucks Yand its primary object is to provide an improve-y ment upon the structure set forth in an application filed by me May 8, 1918, Serial No. 233,241 for rail trucks which makes it possible to swing the rail hoist and its supporting structure from one side of the track to the other, so that it may be operated to pick up rails at either side of the track and load them onto a portion of the truck between the track rails and to unload them at either side of the track.

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a plan of a rail truck embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 1-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the lifting levers.

The improved truck comprises a frame made up of an angle iron ring 6 to which brackets 7 are secured and cross-axles 8 which are secured to said brackets. axle is provided with flanged wheels 11 which are spaced apart to travel on a railway track of standard gauge. The flanges 11a of these wheels serve to retain the truck on the track.

A superstructure to support a rail hoisting device whereby the rails may be loaded from a point on the ground at one side of the track onto the truck and vice versa, comprises a pair of central members, each having a transverse base-bar 20, a standard 21 at one side of the frame and a transverse upwardly inclined arm 22 which extends completely across the frame and projects beyond the other side thereof to a point outwardly of the track-rail at that side of the track. This structure also comprises a pair of end members each having a base-bar 15,'

a standard 16 and an inwardly and upwardly inclined brace-arm 17 which is secured to one of the arms 22, as at 23. Braces 18 extend between bars 15 and arms 17. The outer ends of the arms 22 are additionally supported or braced by rods 24 which are secured to said arms, as at 25, and extend through standards 26 which are disposed between the standards 21 and are provided with base-bars 27 which are secured to the inner sides of bars 20. The members of the superstructure are preferably formed of angle iron. Base bars 15 and 20 are xedly secured together in spaced relation by arcuate members and 61, each of which comprises a pair of bars 62 between which are disposed a series of rollers 68 adapted to run on the upper surface ofthe ring 6 of the truck-frame. Horizontally rotatable rollers 64: are suitably connected to the inner bars 62 of the arcuate members 60 and 61 and are adapted to bear against the inner face of the ring 6 to hold the superstructure against lateral movement relatively to the ring 6. These arcuate members, rollers and ring exemplify a turn-table between the truck frame and the` superstructure which permits the latter to be swung so that the elevated projecting arms may be swung from one side of the railway track to the other.

Rollers 65 carried by bars 66 pending from the arcuate member 6() are adapted to underlie the horizontal flange of the ring 6 to prevent the superstructure from being tilted off the ring 6 by the load. A dog 67, pivoted at 68 to and between the base-bars 20, isV adapted to engage the underside of the horizontal flange of the ring 6 to hold the superstructure against being tilted off the ring towards the side at which standards 16 are located. A lever 69 is pivoted, as at 70, to base-bars 2O and is connected by a link 71 to said dog so that the dog may be swung into position tov withdraw it from the ring. Hooks 51 are pivoted to the ring 6 and adapted to be swung into position shown in Fig. 3 to lock the carriage to one of the track rails during the loading or unloading of the car.

The arms 22 are spaced apart to form an inclined runway or track for a carriage 36 which is provided with two sheaves 32 for guiding a hoisting cable 33. The latter has one of its ends fixed to the superstructure, is formed into a pendant loop 35 between the sheaves 32 and passes from the inner sheave 32 to a windlass 36 which is mounted in the brackets 37 fixed to standards 2l and is adapted to operate the cable to raise or lower the load. A ratchet 38 on the windlass is engaged by a dog 39 to prevent it from unwinding the cable when desired. Removable cranks 40 on the ends of a shaft 40' are adapted to operate a pinion 40b which meshes with agear 36a which is fixed to the shaft of windlass 36 to operate it to wind up or pay out the hoisting cable 33. A pulley 42 is suspended in the loop 35 of the cable 33 and a suitable grappling device 43 adapted to grasp one or more rails, is suspended from the pulley. A latch 45, pivoted at 46 to bars 54 and provided with ahook 47 adapted to engage a lug 48 on the carriage 30, serves to lock the carriage adjacent the outer end' of arm 22 so that the pending loop of the hoisting cable and the grappling device will be held-against transverse movement at a point at one side of the railroad trackv to position it for lifting or depositing al rail at a point at one side of the railroad track. When the latch is released, the carriage 30 will be free to run down the inclined arms 22 to bring the pending loop above the carriage and more particularly above those portions of the bars l5 and 2O which are adapted to receive the rails to be transported. rllhe outer ends of arms 22 are secured together by a bracket 53 and bars 54 are secured to said bracket and serve as a stop for the carriage and a support for latch 45.

Levers 80, pivoted to the bars 15 at 81, are adapted to be secured in position shown by dottedlines in Fig. 2 by pivoted latches 82 for convenience in pushing the truck along a railroad track and lifting one side of the supporting' structure oli' ring 6. Levers 83 are adapted to engage hooks 84 on the otherside for lifting the other side of the structure. Then the dog G7 is swung inwardly to clear ring 67 the supporting structuremay be tilted off the ring. This is desirable when it is necessary to clear the track. After the supporting structure has been tilted off the truck, the wheeled frame may be easily lifted off they track.

The invention exemplifies alrailtruck that is so lightv in weight that it can be lifted and thrust ofi the track whenever it is necessary to let a train pass. Whenv it is desired to transport a number of rails which are usually storedor unloaded at one; side of the track, the truck is pushed into position ad- ]acent the rails and .latches 5l are swung downwardly to lock the car against being overbalanced by any load on the hoist. rl'he carriage v30' will be locked in position shown in Fig. lY and then the grappling device 43 can be lowered and attached to oney or several rails,r then the windlass cany be operated.

to brine` the grappling device in position to deposit the load on the bars Vl5, 20.

By means of the turn-table the rail hoist may be swung from one side of the track to the other, so that rails may be loaded from either side of the track onto the truck and unloaded from the truck to either side of the track.

rlhe invention exemplifies a rail truck which is simple in construction, can be easily placed on and removed from a railroad track and which is adapted to load rails from either side of the track ontol the truck and to unload them from the truck to either side of the track.

lThe invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details set forth, since these may be modified within thescope of the appended claims$ without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

AHaving thus kdescribed the invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is:

1. ln a rail truck5 the combination of a frame, carrying wheels for sait frame spacedA apart and arranged to run on the rails of a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on the track rails a supporting structure sustained by said frame comprising vertically extending members disposed adjacent one side of the frame so as to leave clearance on the other side to permit rails to be laid on and supported by the frame between the carrying wheels and j the track rails land an elevated supporting member projecting laterally from the ver tical members over said clearance space and beyond the tra-ck rail at one side of the track7 a rotatable connection between the frame and said structure whereby the latter may be swung to either side of the tra-ck vertically extending anti-friction devices to hold the supportingv structure against bodily lateral movement on the truck, andraiihoisting means whereby a load rail may be lifted from the ground at one side of the track and deposited onto the frame so it will be supported thereon between the track rails.

2. ln a rail truck, the combination 'of a frame, carrying wheels for said frame spa-ced apart and arranged to run on the rails of a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on the track rails, a supporting structure sustained by said frame comprising vertically extendii'ig members disposed entirely adjacent one side of the frame so as to leave clearance on the other side to permit rails to be held on and supported by 'the frame between ythe carrying wheels and the track rails and an elevated supporting member projecting' laterally from the vertical members over said clearance space and beyond thel track railfat one side of the track? a rotatable connection between the frame and said structure whereby the latter may be swung to either side of the track, a carriage supported by said transspaced apart and versely extending supporting member and movable transversely thereon from a point above the load space on the frame to a point outside thereof, anti-friction means for holding the supporting structure against vertical tilting on the frame and rail-hoisting means whereby a rail may be lifted from the ground and connected to said carriage so that the load may be shifted from the ground at one side ot the track and deposited onto the trame between the track rails and vice versa.

3. ln a rail truck, the combination of a frame consisting of a ring7 carrying wheels for said frame spaced apart to run on the rails of a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on the track rails, a supporting structure sustained by said frame comprising vertically extending members disposed adjacent one side of the frame so as to leave clearance at the other side to permit rails to be laid on and supported by the frame between the carrying wheels and the track rails, an elevated supporting member projecting laterally from the vertical members over said clearance space and beyond the track rail at one side of the track, and arcuate members rollers between the ring and the arcuate members it'or rotatably securing said structure on the ring, and rail hoisting means whereby a load may be lifted from the ground at one side or the track and deposited onto the frame so it will be supported thereon between the track rails.

e. In a rail truck, the combination of a frame, carrying wheels for said frame arranged to run on the rails of a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on the track rails, a supporting structure sustained by said trame comprising vertically extending members disposed adjacent one side of the trame so as to leave clearance on the other side to permit rails to be laid on and supported by the frame between the carrying wheels and the track rails and an elevated supporting member projecting laterally from the vertical members over said clearance space and beyond the track rail at one side oi" the track, a rotatable connection between the 'trame and said structure whereby the latter may be swung to either side of the track, means to secure the structure against rotation on the frame, and rail-hoisting means whereby a load rail may be lifted from the ground at one side of the track and deposited onto the frame so it will be supported thereon between the track rails.

5. ln a rail truck, the combination of a frame, carrying wheels for said frame spaced apart and arranged to run on the rails of a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on the track rails, a supporting structure sustained by said frame comprising vertically extending members disposed entirely adjacent one side of the frame so as to leave clearance on the other side to permit rails to be laid on and supported by the frame between the carrying wheels and the track rails and an elevated supporting member projecting laterally from the vertical members over said clearance space and beyond the track rail at one side of the track, a separable rotatable connection between the trame and supporting structure which permits the structure and the frame to be separably removed from the track, and rail-hoisting means whereby a load rail may be lifted 'from the ground at one side ofthe track and deposited onto the frame so it will be supported thereon between the track rails.

6. In a rail truck, the combination of a frame, carrying wheels 'for said Jtrame spaced apart and arranged to run on the rails of a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on the track rails, a supporting structure sustained by said frame comprising vertically extending members disposed entirely adjacent one side of the frame so as to leave clearance on the other side to permitrails to be laid on and supported by the frame between the carrying-wheels and the track rails and an elevated supporting member projecting laterally from the vertical members over clearance space and beyond the track rail at one side of the track, a separable horizontally rotatable connection which permits the structure to be tilted relatively to the frame, and rail-hoisting means whereby a load rail may be lifted Jfrom the ground at one side of the track and deposited onto the frame so it will be supported thereon between the track rails.

7. In a rail truck, the combination oLt a frame, carrying wheels for said frame spaced apart and arranged to run on the rails of a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on the track rails, a supporting structure sustained by said frame comprising vertically extending members disposed entirely adjacent one side of the Jframe so as to leave clearance on the other side to permit rails to be laid on and supported by the frame between the carrying wheels and the track rails and an elevated supporting member projecting laterally from the vertical members over said clearance space and beyond the track rail at one side of the track, a rotatable connection between the frame and the supporting structure, means whereby the structure may be manually tilted off the frame, and rail hoisting means whereby a load rail may be lifted from the ground at one side of the track and deposited onto the frame so it willvbe supported thereon between the track rails.

8. ln a rail truck, the combination of a frame, carrying wheels for said frame spaced apart and arranged to run on the rails at a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on the track rails, a supporting structure sustained by said frame comprising vertically extending members disposed entirely adjacent one side of the trame so as to leave clearance on the other side to permit rails to be laid on and supported by the trame between the carrying wheels and the track rails and an elevated supporting member projecting laterally from the vertical members over said clearance space and beyond the track rail at one side of the track, a rotatable connection between the trame and the structure, means for holding the structure against tilting and operable to release it to permit it to be tilted to one side of the track, and rail-hoisting means whereby a load railmay be lifted from the ground at one side of the track and deposited onto the frame so it will be supported thereon between the track rails.

9. ln a rail truck, the combination of a frame, carrying wheels for said trame spaced apart and arranged to run on the rails of a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on thetrack rails, a supporting structure sustained by said frame comprising vertically extending members disposed entirely adjacent one side of the frame so as to leave clearance on the other side to permit rails to be laid on and supported by the frame between the carrying wheels and the track rails and an elevated supporting member projecting lat-- erally from the vertical members over said clearance space and beyond the track rail at one side of the track, a. turn-table between 'the frame and the supporting structure composed of separately separable members to permit the structure and the trame to be separately removed from the track, and railhoisting means whereby a load rail may be lifted from the ground at one side of the track and deposited onto the iframe so it will be supported thereon between the track rails. v

l0. ln a rail truck, the combination of a trame, carrying wheels for said frame spaced apart and arranged tol run on the rails. ot a railway track and provided with means for retaining the truck on the track rails, a supporting structure sustained by said frame comprising yertically extending membersl disposed entirely adjacent one side of the frame so as to leave clearance on the other side to permit rails to be laid erally from the vertical members over said clearance space and beyond the track rail at one side of the track, a rotatable connection between the frame and the supporting structure comprising rollers whereby the struc'- ture will be supported and held on the frame means operable to permit the struc-ture to be tilted oli' the frame, and rail-hoisting means` whereby a load rail may be lifted from the ground at one side of the track and deposited onto the frame so it will be supported thereon between the track rails.

11.711,1 a derrick truck, a circular track made of angle iron, a turn tablecomprising two arc shaped portions each consisting ot` a pair of spaced apart bars, rollers between said bars resting on saidtrack, additional rollers secured to said bars and arranged beneath said anglel iron, transverse angle irons arranged above said bars and having their ends bent upwardly, certain of said angle ironshaving their upper ends bent outwardly beyond the body of the car to form a derrick.

12. In a derrick. truck a circular track of angle iron, a supporting frame resting there. on and comprising arc-shaped. members provided with rollers, which rest on said track, additional rollers onV said members beneath the flange of the angle iron, a locking member projecting beneath said angle iron at a point distant from said lower rollers, and means for withdrawing said locking means to permit removal or said turn table from said track. v

13. In aderrick truck .a circular track of angle iron, a supporting frame resting thereon and comprising arc-shapedmembers` provided with rollers, which rest on said track, additional rollers on said members beneath the flange of the angle iron, a locking member projecting beneath said angle iron at a point distant from said lower rollers, means for withdrawing said locking :means to permit removal of said turn-tableV from said track, and additional rollers turning about a vertical airis for guiding said arc- `shaped members in their movement on said track.

FRANK H. MARSHALL. 

